Fill in the blank with a suitable tense form
Yesterday, I read a poem that my teacher ______ to me.

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Have recommended

answer is A.

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Concept: Tenses denote the time an action takes place.
Tenses can be divided into three corridor 1) Present tense 2) history tense and 3) unborn tense.
Each of these can further be divided into 4 subparts 1) Simple 2) nonstop 3) Perfect 4) Perfect nonstop.
The judgment is the once tense as the word history is given in the judgment .
To fill in the blank we will be using the once perfect tense. The once perfect tense describes an action completed before a certain moment in the history.
The rule is subject had the third of the verb object.
Let us bandy the given options one by one:
Option A) had recommended
This option is correct because the once perfect tense has been used.
Option B) recommended
This option is incorrect because recommended is in the simple once tense.
Option C) will be recommending
This option is incorrect because will be recommending is the unborn nonstop tense.
Option D) has recommended
This option is incorrect as has recommended is in the present perfect tense.
Hence, option A is correct.

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